Description
In this concise yet substantial study, leading literary historian Giulio Ferroni draws together more than three decades of reflection on Niccolò Machiavelli. Rather than presenting Machiavelli as a follower of a fixed political doctrine, Ferroni reads his works as a philologist, focusing on their distinctive perspectives, metaphors, interpretive turns and energetic language. He places passages from The Prince and the Discourses alongside quotations from Mandragola and Machiavelli’s poetry, setting the Florentine writer within both his literary context, including Castiglione and Ariosto, and the wider context of popular political wisdom and the practical realities of Florentine politics. The book’s notable conclusion is that Machiavelli’s continuing relevance also emerges through this literary reading: Ferroni presents him as an advocate of a politics of remedy, seeking cures for pragmatically understood social and political ills.
Information
Author: Ferroni Giulio
Language: Czech
Publication date: October 16, 2020
Manufacturer: Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.
Genres: Philosophy, Non-fiction literature, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 128
ISBN/EAN: 9788072985609